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Am I able to choose which drive I can reinstall windows on?
I have a m.2 drive from a laptop, this drive is still recognized but is no longer bootable, so I am trying to reinstall windows on it without losing its data. I have put it in a working windows 10 ...
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Windows installation issues on new PC
I’ve just built a new PC and I’m trying to install windows. The only other working machine I have to hand is a Macbook running OSX so I used this method to create the installation USB: https://www....
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Changing Windows' default system directory on installation
Long story short: I'm writing a shim for running custom privileged scripts with Windows' native shell. To test that, I'd like to have a set of custom-forged installations, one of which would involve ...
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How can I install Windows 11 offline? [duplicate]
While on previous Windows versions I just could unplug the network cable during installation to do an offline installation with a local account, Windows 11 does not let me proceed without an internet ...
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Windows 11 installation error 0x80070570
I recently bought an HP Pavilion bb0501 with windows 11 preinstalled, so I decided to do a clean install of windows 11 to remove the bloatware that new laptops always contain. I downloaded the iso and ...
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What does "Copying Windows files" do during Windows 10 installation?
The first step is named "Copying Windows files" in Windows 10 installation (via DVD drive). However it always completes in the blink of an eye. What exactly is it, and why does it go so ...
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Unable to install operating system on a new workstation build
I have recently completed a new workstation build. The motherboard is a supermicro M12SWA-TF that I purchased with a pre-installed AMD Threadripper Pro 3975WX processor.
The computer powers on fine. ...
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Can't install windows 10 on GPT in UEFI mode. What am I missing?
It says We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one
What am I missing really? I create a bootable usb with rufus with GPT/UEFI target. I boot my system in UEFI after selecting booting ...
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Windows 10 Bootable ISO Install Keeps Failing (0x8007025D)
Update: The problem turned out to actually be the Kexin USB drive. Windows Install worked fine through a newly purchased SanDisk drive. What made this so hard to debug was that the Kexin drive worked ...
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SSD not recognized in Windows 10 setup
I bought a new Dell Vostro 5402, which came with a bloated and buggy Windows installation, so I want to perform a clean setup.
Problem is, after creating a bootable installation media with Microsoft's ...
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Windows 10 installation cannot go to next phase
I'm trying to install windows 10 on MSI gf63, but refuses to install with dialog box dialog Box
I have 2 storage device 1TB HDD and 512GB SSD both complete blank
HDD & SSD
Also im confused while ...
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How can I install Windows 10 on my spare hard drive
I want to install Windows 10 on a hard drive, I already have Ubuntu 20 installed on my first hard drive and want to install Windows 10 on the second one. I did get Windows 10 on a USB though when I ...
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How are .exe files so much smaller than the programs they install?
I have been programming for a few years, and I still don't understand how an EXE installer can sometimes be so much smaller than the program that it installs.
I can understand that using high-level ...
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Windows 10 setup showing blank/white screen during new installation
I wiped and reinstalled a thinkpad T480 to sell. All good until doing the new setup and I get to this:
Screen just before Account page
Account page - showing a install modal, but a white box where the ...
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can't install Windows from USB - stuck on the purple/blue screen on installation
I have previously double-partioned system with Ubuntu 16.04 and Windows 7 in parallel (and GRUB of course) and everything works fine, but after I change my motherboard to new one X79 - Windows stops ...
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